A review of cost-effective black silicon fabrication techniques and applications

J Soueiti, R Sarieddine, H Kadiri, A Alhussein… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Ever since the discovery of black silicon, scientists around the world have been trying to
come up with novel, cost-effective methods of utilizing this super material in a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Microfabrication of X-ray optics by metal assisted chemical etching: A review

L Romano, M Stampanoni - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-aspect-ratio silicon micro-and nanostructures are technologically relevant in several
applications, such as microelectronics, microelectromechanical systems, sensors …

Metal assisted chemical etching of silicon in the gas phase: A nanofabrication platform for X-ray optics

L Romano, M Kagias, J Vila-Comamala… - Nanoscale …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
High aspect ratio nanostructuring requires high precision pattern transfer with highly
directional etching. In this work, we demonstrate the fabrication of structures with ultra-high …

[HTML][HTML] High aspect ratio arrays of Si nano-pillars using displacement Talbot lithography and gas-MacEtch

Z Shi, K Jefimovs, M Stampanoni, L Romano - Materials Science in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Structuring Si in arrays of vertical high aspect ratio pillars, ranging from nanoscale to
macroscale feature dimensions, is essential for producing functional interfaces for many …

Design and direct additive manufacturing of three-dimensional surface micro-structures using material jetting technologies

J Dilag, T Chen, S Li, SA Bateman - Additive Manufacturing, 2019 - Elsevier
The ability to directly print 3D microstructures across the surface of large dimension
substrates opens up numerous possibilities not feasible with conventional 2D or 2.5 D …

High‐aspect‐ratio grating microfabrication by platinum‐assisted chemical etching and gold electroplating

L Romano, J Vila-Comamala… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Diffractive optics play a key role in hard X‐rays imaging for which many scientific,
technological, and biomedical applications exist. Herein, high‐aspect‐ratio microfabrication …

Catalytic nickel silicide as an alternative to noble metals in metal-assisted chemical etching of silicon

K Kim, S Choi, H Bong, H Lee, M Kim, J Oh - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) has received much attention from researchers
because it can be used to fabricate plasma-free anisotropic etching profiles for …

Nanosecond pulsed laser ablation of silicon—finite element simulation and experimental validation

J Zhang, L Zhao, A Rosenkranz, C Song… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In the present work, we perform finite element simulations to investigate the ablated surface
morphology of silicon by nanosecond pulsed laser ablation using low laser fluences ranging …

Effect of isopropanol on gold assisted chemical etching of silicon microstructures

L Romano, J Vila-Comamala, K Jefimovs… - Microelectronic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Wet etching is an essential and complex step in semiconductor device processing. Metal-
Assisted Chemical Etching (MacEtch) is fundamentally a wet but anisotropic etching method …

Mass Fabrication of 3D Silicon Nano‐/Microstructures by Fab‐Free Process Using Tip‐Based Lithography

JS Jo, J Choi, SH Lee, C Song, H Noh, JW Jang - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Methods for the mass fabrication of 3D silicon (Si) microstructures with a 100 nm resolution
are developed using scanning probe lithography (SPL) combined with metal‐assisted …